Program: Ninth Symposium on Education (80th AMS Annual Meeting)

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Sunday, 9 January 2000

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7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2000

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2000

Conference Registration

4:30 PM-6:45 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2000

Poster Session 1

Educational Outreach Activities and Public Awareness Activities on Weather, Climate and the Oceans

Host: Ninth Symposium on Education

Organizers: Marianne C. Hayes, Devers Elementary School; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District

P1.1

District Eleven Weather Study Program: Current Status and Future Plans

Steven J. Richards, Northeast Bronx Weather Station, Bronx, NY

P1.2

The Earth Observatory: NASA's New Web Environment for Learning About Earth

David D. Herring, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. M. Graham, K. A. Ward, R. B. Simmon, and S. A. Stockman

P1.3

What Can Classroom Teachers Learn From Research Scientists? A Maury Project Experience

Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY; and C. Small, D. Witter, R. Newton, M. Visbeck, R. L. Bond, and J. Ortiz

P1.4

An Inside Look at the Earth System: A Senior Capstone Earth System Science Course

Julie A. Eardley, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and M. R. Witiw

P1.5

State standards and assessment tests, positive and negative implications for AMS Education initiatives

Lawrence E. Greenleaf, AMS/AERA, Belfast Area High School, Belfast, ME

P1.6

Modeling weather in the classroom

Steve M. Carlson, Hermiston Public Schools, Portland, OR

P1.7

Everyday Weather, Project Atmosphere and DataStreme, "reaching out to the educational system and community!"

Steve M. Carlson, AMS/AERA, Hermiston Public Schools, Portland, OR

P1.8

The teaching of Atmospheric Sciences at Barry University

Arturo E. Rodriguez, Barry Univ., Miami Shores, FL

P1.9

The DataStreme project: an update on the K-12 teacher enhancement program

Robert S. Weinbeck, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and I. W. Geer, E. J. Hopkins, J. M. Moran, J. A. Brey, and B. A. Blair

P1.10

Teaching Datastreme by using cyber campus sites

Frankie C. Vann, Lakewood High School, Salemburg, NC

P1.11

Student Evaluations of the Oklahoma Weather Center REU program: 1995, 1998, and 1999

Mark H. Palmer, Univ of Oklahoma/CAPS, Norman, OK; and S. Stevenson and D. Zaras

P1.12

The Idaho Environmental Monitoring Program

Gennaro H. Crescenti, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and K. L. Clawson, B. R. Reese, D. W. Walker, W. J. Behymer, and A. Jensen

P1.13

"Project AIR: Atmospheric Science Curriculum Modules for Middle and High School"

John D. Pickle, AER, Inc., Cambridge, MA; and A. M. Boursiquot, G. Abegg, R. McFall, R. Audet, M. Bartlett, B. Bobrowsky, T. Vaughn, H. Dimmick, and H. Sevian

P1.14

Middle-schoolers as Citizen Scientists with a Satellite Connection

Ruth Bombaugh, Cleveland State Univ., Cleveland, OH

P1.15

Using Public Education and Disaster Mitigation Campaigns to Develop a Disaster Resistant Community

Timothy W. Troutman, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and D. M. Decker

P1.16

Developing Digital Library Resources Using UCAR's Geoscience Resource Discovery System (GRDS)

Mary R. Marlino, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Ginger and B. Domenico

P1.17

AERA's and Air Quality: Modern Municipal Challenges

Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Muscogee County Public Schools, Columbus, GA

P1.18

Project Atmosphere/AERA Connections: An International Expansion Of Meteorological and Oceanographic Education

Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Muscogee County Public Schools, Columbus, GA

P1.19

"Real weather" educators' conference: A successful formula for a 3-day weather workshop

Steve LaDochy, California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA.; and M. R. Hayden, G. K. Lee, and F. Sotnick

P1.20

AMBER: Student Experiences and Products for Operational Use

Michelle Webb, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and P. J. Croft and A. E. Gerard

P1.21

Enhancing Content Knowledge Retention in Introductory Meteorology Courses: Recommendations for Large-Lecture Classes

Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. T. Stofflett

P1.22

The NWS Training and Education Program: Meeting User Requirements and Ensuring Proficiency

LeRoy Spayd, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

P1.23

Maury Project Modules Help Meet the National and Pennsylvania Science Standards

George W. Rumpp, Colonial Middle School, Plymouth Meeting, PA

P1.24

Integration of the Maury Modules and Data-Streme with Earth and Space and Physical Science Curricula

Phyllis E. Rumpp, Bala Cynwyd Middle School, Bala Cynwyd, PA

P1.25

Meteorological education of young people and information for the general public in Europe

Werner Wehry, Meteorological Institute, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

P1.26

Earthworks: Earth System Science for Secondary Teachers

Susan M. Buhr, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Weaver and H. Spetzler

P1.27

Online forecasting exercises in introductory meteorology courses: learning from our mistakes

Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and P. J. Samson and K. L. Swanson

P1.28

A Weather Degree Program for the New Millennium!

Richard Bagby, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and C. Herbster, D. Schaum, J. Ernst, W. Golding, and B. Muller

P1.29

The River of Maury

James Backus, AMS/Maury, Brookfield, CT

P1.30

PROJECT MAURY-COASTAL UPWELLING AND LEO-15 Rutgers University

William Blanchard, AMS/Maury, Neptune, NJ

P1.31

The Maury Project: A Teacher Enhancement Program in Oceanography in Australia and the US

Debra Brice, AMS/Maury, Vista, CA

P1.32

Tornado Outbreak in Arkansas-An Instructional Unit

Rene Carson, AMS/AERA, Little Rock, AR

P1.33

OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTINENT

Craig Croone, AMS/Maury, Northfield, MN

P1.34

STATE STARDARDS AND ASSESSMENT TESTS, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMS EDUCATION INITIATIVES

Don Curry, AMS/Maury, Las Vegas, NV

P1.35

MAURY PROJECT PEER TRAINING IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

Monica Davis, AMS/Maury, North Little Rock, AR

P1.36

ENHANCING K-12 SCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOOL BASED FORECAST METEOROLOGY

Donald Davis, AMS/AERA, Walpole, NH

P1.37

OCEANOGRAPHY AS A CONTEXT FOR REACHING STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GOALS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

Michelle Dumas, AMS/Maury, Portland, OR

P1.38

BRINGING SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS TO THE FORT BRAGG COMMUNITY

Marianne Hayes, AMS/AERA, Fort Bragg, NC

P1.39

NEAR AND FAR SCIENCES IN ILLINOIS-A PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT

Susan Henke, AMS/AERA, Calumet City, IL

P1.40

NETWORKING IN NEW YORK: OUR NUMBERS ARE GROWING

Carol Hildreth, AMS/AERA, Mechanicsville, NY

P1.41

DATASTREME: WEATHER EDUCATION FROM THE AMS TO THE CLASSROOM

Hector Ibarra, AMS/AERA, Iowa City, IA

P1.42

THE MAURY PROJECT-OCEANOGRAPHY TRAINING FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS

Beth Jewell, AMS/Maury, Centreville, VA

P1.43

GETTING CERES ABOUT THE WEATHER!

Ann Kelly, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO

P1.44

IMPROVING STATE SCIENCE TEST SCORES THROUGH WEATHER EDUCATION

Thomas Kelly, AMS/AERA, Grandville, MI

P1.45

THE IMPACT OF PRE-COLLEGE DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES ON STATE SCIENCE STANDARDS

Jayne Koester, AMS/AERA, Stevensville, MD

P1.46

DATASTREME PROJECT-BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY

Mark Mettert, AMS/AERA, Ft. Wayne, NJ

P1.47

DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

John Moore, AMS/AERA, Blackwood, NJ

P1.48

AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: THE METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC CONNECTION

JoAnn Mulvany, AMS/AERA, Mechanicsville, VA

P1.49

DATASTREME TEACHERS

Judy Reeves, AMS/AERA, Daphne, AL

P1.50

STUDENTS RESEARCHING REAL SCIENCE AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE (USING TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION AND THE INTERNET)

Scott Schoneberg, AMS/Pre-College, Des Moines, IA

P1.51

THE ROLE OF METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY IN EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN KENTUCKY

Phyllis Shuttleworth, AMS/Maury, Paint Lick, KY

P1.52

ALBUQUERQUE DATASTREME: CONNECTING TEACHERS WITH LOCAL NWS METEOROLOGISTS AND TELEVISION WEATHERCASTERS

Jim Smith, AMS/AERA, Sandia Park, NM

P1.53

REAL WEATHER IN THE REAL WORLD

Claire Waites, AMS/AERA, Daphne, AL

P1.54

TEACHERS LEARNING INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE THROUGH THE MAURY PROJECT

Barbara Walton-Faria, AMS/Maury, Middletown, RI

P1.55

KANSAS DATASTREME

Samuel Wine, AMS/AERA, Madison, KS

P1.56

STORM TRACKING: THE MINNESOTA CONNECTION

Craig Wolter, AMS/AERA, Windom, MN

P1.57

DATASTREME IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA

Kevin Fulp, AMS/AERA, Jacksonville, FL

Monday, 10 January 2000

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7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000

Conference Registration continues through Friday, 14 January

8:15 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 10 January 2000

Session 1

BWM Survey results (Invited Presentations)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Education

Organizers: Benjamin Watkins, NOAA/NESDIS/SSD; Howard A. Friedman, NOAA/AMOL/HRD

8:15 AM

1.1

Survey Results of Society Membership: Demographics. The Face of Our Profession at the Threshold of the New Millennium

Mishelle Michaels, WHDH-NBC, Boston, MA

8:30 AM

1.2

Addressing issues that society members face in their place of employment

James Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

8:45 AM

1.3

WOMEN'S TRENDS: The changing status of women in the profession/society

Sim D. Aberson, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

9:00 AM

1.4

An Examination of the AMS/Industry Minority Scholarship Program

Kathryn M. Ginger, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Armstrong and B. Abrams

9:15 AM

1.5

PIPELINE: What does the future hold for the society and the profession as we access those in the educational pipeline?

Howard A. Friedman, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and F. Horsfall and G. Jenkins

9:30 AM

1.6

The Society Speaks: Anecdotal Information from the Survey

Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO

9:45 AM

1.0a

Welcoming Remarks

10:00 AM

1.6a

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000

Session 2

K-12 Educational Initiatives

Host: Ninth Symposium on Education

Organizers: Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District; Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWS

10:30 AM

2.1

Getting Involved in K-12 Outreach: Professional Development Strategies for Research Scientists

Alexandra Weaver, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Buhr and H. Spetzler

10:45 AM

2.2

Water in the Earth System (WES): An Online Distance-Learning Program for Precollege Teacher Enhancement and Leadership Training

Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and D. R. Smith, J. M. Moran, and R. S. Weinbeck

11:00 AM

2.3

Developing Collaborative International Teacher Enhancement Learning Communties

John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, AMS/AERA, Medford, NJ; and K. Orr and R. P. Wanton

11:15 AM

2.4

Informal science education supporting weather broadcasters on-air with TRMM "Mini-Education Supplements"

J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Howell, W. Sisler, A. Nelson, S. Graham, D. Christopher, and L. Bridgett

11:30 AM

2.5

Education Through Weather Day-Camps

Dorri A. Breher, Weather Research Center/The Weather Museum, Houston, TX; and J. F. Hasling

11:45 AM

2.6

Lessons learned in the SCIAD program

Jeffrey E. Passner, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

12:00 PM

2.6a

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000

Session 3

Educational Applications for Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography (Invited Presentations)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Education

Organizers: Patricia A. Phoebus, NRL; Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Univ. of Illinois

1:30 PM

3.1

High Technology Presentation of Earth Science Stories in Schools and Museums

Arthur Frederick Hasler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

2:00 PM

3.2

Earth System Science Education in the New Millennium: Learning Modules and Peer Review

Donald R. Johnson, USRA, Columbia, MD; and M. Ruzek and M. Kalb

2:15 PM

3.3

Teaching With Environmental Satellite Technology

Nancy McIntyre, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

2:30 PM

3.4

Understanding Climate: Learning activities and resources for K-12

Theresa G. Schwerin, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, VA

2:45 PM

3.5

Studying the Earth's Environment from Space: A series of inquiry-based computer lab activities

Michael A. Alfultis, US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT; and E. Smith

3:00 PM

3.6

Physical oceanography in the classroom: interactive and relevant

Susan A. Digby, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. Nolan

3:15 PM

3.7

Naval Oceanographic Office Support of National, State, and Local Satellite Oceanography Education Programs

Thomas L. Sandidge, Jr., Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS

3:30 PM

3.8

The CERES S'COOL project: Two years after first launch

Lin H. Chambers, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and D. F. Young, C. J. Green, S. J. Haberer, and A. M. Racel

3:45 PM

3.9

Inquiry-Based Methods of Earth Science Instruction Using Weather Satellite Imagery

Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

4:00 PM

3.10

Exciting uses of satellite data for daily weather discussions, classroom weather education, and science projects

Roderick A. Scofield, NOAA/NWS/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Weldon

4:15 PM

3.11

Introductory to advanced interactive multimedia satellite meteorology: philosophy and examples

Timothy C. Spangler, COMET, Boulder, CO

4:30 PM

3.6a

Coffee Break

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000

Sessions end for the day

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000

Fujita Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2000

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8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000

Session 4

University Educational Initiatives

Host: Ninth Symposium on Education

Organizers: Paul J. Croft, Jackson State Univ.; David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy

8:30 AM

4.1

Improving Undergraduate Science Courses While Investing in Tomorrow’s Teachers

Douglas N Yarger, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and C. Hargrave, L. Pease, and R. Thomas

8:45 AM

4.2

Incorporating Active Learning into Small Group Meetings in an Undergraduate Introductory Meteorology Course

Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Walsh

9:00 AM

4.3

A Virtual Exploratorium to Support Inquiry-based Learning in Geoscience Courses

Rajul Pandya, West Chester Univ., West Chester, PA; and M. Marlino, R. Wilhelmson, M. Ramamurthy, K. Hay, D. Middleton, and D. Bramer

9:15 AM

4.4

Interactive modeling and visualization in undergraduate survey courses

Daniel J. Bramer, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. K. Ramamurthy, R. B. Wilhelmson, and D. P. Wojtowicz

9:30 AM

4.5

Teaching geoscience courses collaboratively using compressed videoconferencing technology: An experiment conducted between the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Naval Academy

Brian E. Heckman, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO; and D. J. Whitford and D. T. Lawyer

10:00 AM

4.6

The use of WebCT as an online supplement during an on-campus introductory meteorology course at Millersville University

Christopher Dutton, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA

9:45 AM

4.6

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 A.M.-2:15 P.M.)

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000

Walter Orr Roberts Lecture in Interdisciplinary Science (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications) Title: Emerging Environmental Issues: A Global Perspective. Speaker: R. E. (Ted) Munn, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

11:15 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000

WMO Presentation (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications) Title: Meteorology and the Environment - the WMO Perspective. Speaker: John W. Zillman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland